felicity walker

Media, Government and industry affairs and thought leadership, digital and social media and issues and crisis management.

* Working on the 2013 Coalition Federal election campaign; devising communications and campaign strategy and tactics for The Nationals and the Coalition Campaign HQ teams, including participating in the Coalition Tactics and Coalition Media Units. * Liaising with national media regarding interviews with Shadow Ministers, MPs and candidates * Drafting media releases and campaign statements for nationwide distribution * Drafting speeches and scripts for events, interviews and advertisements * Liaising with policy and research units and drafting key talking points for Shadow Ministers and candidates * Social media planning and execution

* Working with diverse ASX and overseas-listed clients, medium-tier businesses and industry organisations in infrastructure, information technology, consumer, financial services, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, resources and gaming among others. * Developing public relations and reputation strategy * Government relations strategy and campaigns * Liaising with and pitching to trade media, newspapers, magazines, online publications, bloggers and more * Producing communications materials * Policy advocacy with key industry stakeholders, government and communities of interest * Organising key client profile-raising events such as launches, media roundtables, announcements etc. * Crisis and issues strategy development and management * Working closely with clients’ C-suite executives, senior management and Boards to enact communications strategy * Building and engaging with communities through variety of means, including social media

* Five month secondment to Woolworths Limited as Communications Manager working on Group communications as well as Woolworths Supermarkets, Big W, Dan Murphy’s, Masters Home Improvement and Woolworths Petrol brands. * Reactive media relations as spokesperson with a high degree of issues, risk and reputation management * Proactive external relations; profile-raising, reputation, relationship-building and retail campaigns * Advising on and developing government relations strategy, both general and around discrete projects * Community relations including around property developments across Australia, and group-wide social media strategy review

Media, Government and industry affairs and thought leadership, corporate social responsibility, digital and social media, issues and crisis management and internal communications. BAE Systems Applied Intelligence deliver solutions which help clients protect and enhance their business operations in the connected world. Our solutions combine large-scale data exploitation, 'intelligence-grade' cyber security and complex services and solutions integration. Leading enterprises and government departments around the world use our solutions to protect, secure and optimise their physical infrastructure, mission-critical systems, valuable intellectual property and corporate information, and enhance their reputation and customer relationships, competitive advantage and financial success.

Developing relationships with national and regional media, Australia’s largest companies, industry organisations and communities, as well as campaign and public relations strategy and execution. Working closely with MPs, Ministers, Shadow Ministers and other senior office bearers within the Coalition parties at both a State and Federal level on a day-to-day basis whilst earning their respect and friendship. Part of a team that professionalised and reinvigorated the brand and operations of the Party, as well as ensuring the Party remained within tough new regulatory framework, and overseeing a significant increase in fundraising during my tenure.

* Working with the CEO to build business partnerships * Maintaining and developing wholesale and retail superannuation client relationships * Undertaking business process improvement program * Website curation and development

* Research * Preparing constituent and ministerial correspondence * Liaising with Government Departments and organisations * Community engagement and enquiries * Travel to Canberra during Parliamentary Sitting Weeks * Assisting with media, including writing media releases and other publications * Media monitoring

* Retail Banking Services: * Proactive internal and external issues management, strategy and preparation * Reactive media relations as spokesperson * Liaison with Government Relations team on issues with potential to affect the Retail Bank’s reputation * Internal and external communications strategy and management for major change projects, including the creation of small business division * Advising and reviewing internal and external public relations resources on major campaigns * Group Communications: * Corporate responsibility proactive and reactive external engagement and issues preparation * Group-wide projects as media relations and retail banking representative with accountability for managing challenging public affairs issues * Group reporting including involvement in preparation for results, AGM and Sustainability Report

* Public relations and thought leadership, * Government, industry and regulatory affairs, * Issues and crisis management, * Internal communications, knowledge management and employee engagement, * Corporate social responsibility and community investment, and * Digital and social media. * BAE Systems Applied Intelligence helps nations, governments and businesses around the world defend themselves against cybercrime, reduce their risk in the connected world, comply with regulation, and transform their operations. * We do this using our unique set of solutions, systems, experience and processes * often collecting and analysing huge volumes of data. These, combined with our Cyber Special forces * some of the most skilled people in the world, enable us to defend against cyber-attacks, fraud and financial crime, enable intelligence-led policing and solve complex data problems. * We employ over 4,000 people across 18 countries in the Americas, APAC, UK and EMEA.